Golf is my other passion. I enjoy the ambience of the golf courses..the scenery, greenery, fairways, trees, flowers, water bodies, the open air .. and the company of golf buddies, betting and the competition. I cherish the friendship developed over four hours of leisurely walk during each round in the golf course. I have made some very dear friends in the golf courses around the world.

I am a member of Delhi Golf Club and DLF Golf Club, Gurgaon

I have played golf in 54 golf courses in India…

Bangalore - Eagleton, KGA, Clover Green, Prestige Golfshire and Bangalore Golf club

Calcutta - RCGC and Tollygange

Chennai - Cosmos and Guindy courses

Mumbai -US club, Royal Palm, Wellingdon and Bombay Presidency Club

NCR ( National Capital Region of Delhi) - Army Golf Course, Airforce Golf course, Hindon Airforce course, Jaypee Green, Jaypee Wishtown, Noida Golf Course, Unitech Golf Course Noida, ITC Classic, Golden Greens, BSF course, CRPF course, Teri course, Gurgaon Airforce course, Karma Lakelands ( Gurgaon), Ambience Golf Greens and Rashtrapati Bhavan golf course, besides Delhi Golf course and DLF course.

Pune - Pune club, Oxford and Amby Valley

Ooty golf course

Kodaikanal golf course

Coorg - Mercara Downs, Coorg Golf Links

Trichy - army course

Shimla -Naldera course

Coimbatore golf course

Hyderabad - Bolaram course

Trivandrum golf course

Jodhpur Airforce course

Srinagar - Royal Spring Course

Pahalgam golf course

Ahmedabad - Kalhar Greens, Kensville Golf club and the Army Course

Mysore - Maharaja Wadiyar Club and Eagleburg club

Shillong Golf Club

Visakhapatnam -East Point Golf Club

Lucknow - Palms Golf Club

Kochi - CIAL Golf Club

I play during my travels and sometimes travel for golf. I have played in many golf courses in the various cities of India as well as during my postings in Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, USA, Mauritius and Libya.

Argentina, which was my last posting, is a paradise for golfers. There are about 100 courses in and around Buenos Aires itself. I organised four India Cup golf tournaments in Jockey Club ( the most prestigious club of Argentina in which I was a member ) in November 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012 as part of the Festivals of India.

Following are the courses I have played in Argentina

Buenos Aires

1. Jockey Club Argentino,2 Hindu Club,3 Mayling Club de Campo,4 Golf Club de José Jurado,5 Los Largartos,6 Everlinks Club de Golf,7 Martindale,8 CUBA (Club Universitario de Buenos Aires),9 Club Argentino,10 San Diego,11 La Colina,12 Cardales Country Club,13 Las praderas de Luján,14 Pilar Golf Club,15 San Isidro,16 San Andrés, 17 Newman, 18 Cabeza de Caballo Golf, 19 Club Atlético Lomas, 20 Club Hebraica, 21 Nordelta, 22 Estudiantes de La Plata Golf Club, 23 Pacheco Golf Club, 24 Sierra de los padres golf club, 25 Buenos Aires Golf Club, 26 Estancia Pilar, 27 Campo Municipal, 28 General San Martin Golf Club, 29 Abril Country Club, 30 Orquedia Golf club, 31 Hurlingham Club, 32 Club Náutico, 33 Los Pinguinos, 34 San Eliseo Golf & Country Club, 35 El Nacional Club de Campo, 36 Ranelagh Golf Club, 37 Highland Park, 38 Tortugas Country Club, 39 Olivos Golf Club, 40 Lobos Golf Club       

Other cities in Argentina

41 Llao Llao Golf Club Bariloche, 42 Los Acantilados, Mar del Plata, 43 Amancay Golf Club, San Juan, 44 Salta Polo Club, 45 El Paso Golf Club, Santa Fe, 46 Arelauquen Golf & Country Club, 47 Potrerillos, Córdoba, 48 Jockey Club, Tucumán, 49 Tandil Golf Club, 50 Chapelco, 51 La Cumbre Golf Club, Córdoba, 52 Thermas Golf Club, Rosario de la Frontera, 53 Valle de Tandil Golf Club, 54 Rosario Golf Club, 55 Villa Allende, Córdoba, 56 Rio Cuarto Golf Club, 57 San Nicolás Golf Club, 58 Mar del Plata, Playa Grande, 59 Cariló Golf Club, 60 Club de Campos - Mendoza, 61 Campo Timbó, Rosario, 62 San Luis Golf Club, 63 Pinamar Golf Links, 64 Salta Jockey Club, 65 Kentucky Club de Campo, Rosario 

I had played 9 holes in Ranelagh golf course with this Argentine legend Roberto Vicenzo.. Even at his old age, he beat me in long drive…

 Snow Golf

I played a snow golf tournament in Ushuaia on 14 August 2010

More on this in my blog

Golf in Latin America

have played golf in many countries of Latin America and in almost all the golf courses in Brazil and Venezuela during my stay in 1996-2003. I got an albatross in a golf tournament at the Puerto la Cruz golf course in Venezuela.

Paraguay

Asuncion Golf club, Yacht and Golf Club, Centenario club, Club de Carlos Franco

Uruguay

Punta Carrretas club, El Cerro, Cantegrill, Club del Lago, La Barra - Punta de Leste

Other countries where I have played includes Colombia, Chile, Dominican Republic (in the famous The teeth of the Dog and Dye Fore clubs), Mexico, Honduras, Panama, Bolivia (Santa Cruz club), Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Peru and Cuba (Varadero)

Rest of the world

I have played in about 90 golf course in New York, New Jersey and the east coast of USA during my posting in NewYork 1993-96 and later in some courses in Minnesota and Iowa.

Japan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Thailand, France, Portugal, Mauritius (I won the Gymkhana Club Championship in 1988) and Libya (where I learnt golf), Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Nairobi and Switzerland.

Met Cabrera at a ProAm in Cordoba, who has won US Open and the Masters.